IR35 Contract Reviews

A significant part of establishing your IR35 status is to take a look at the contract between your limited company and your end client or agency.

In a contract between a genuinely independent limited company and their client / agency we would expect to see a number of clauses that strengthen the case for not having to apply IR35 taxes. There are three significant areas to look out for: the amount of control that the limited company has over the way the work is conducted; whether personal service is required or whether the limited company can send an alternative worker in place of the original; whether there is any ‘mutuality of obligation’ between the parties, meaning whether both parties are obliged to continue offering and accepting work both in the present and the future.

UK legal precedent requires all three of the above to fall in favour or an employee / employer relationship before it can be said that an employment relationship exists. In other words, if just one does not fall in favour of employment, then there cannot be an employment relationship, and IR35 cannot apply.

But again, deciding where to draw the line between independent status and an employment relationship in each of these three areas is complex and it is therefore a good idea to have your contract professionally reviewed before deciding on your IR35 status.

Informal contract reviews are included as part of Integro Accounting’s fixed monthly fee and formal written reviews can be supplied for £150 + VAT.

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